Comments on: The Mobile Applications Bubble – will it pop?

By: Lessons from the South | DEMO Africa 2012 | *iHub_

Lessons from the South | DEMO Africa 2012 | *iHub_ — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:31:17 +0000

[...] that the tech pundits have been having with mobile app developers in East Africa, and with the tech bubble which they feel has stemmed from a perhaps too early baptized ‘Silicon [...]

By: Tech In Kenya – Industry Woes | *iHub_

Tech In Kenya – Industry Woes | *iHub_ — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:49:51 +0000

[...] of February 2012, Kshs14,617,720 ($174,020) has been given out in tech competitions in Africa. (Mobile Apps Bubble, Will it Burst, July [...]

By: Living in Cocoons: Understanding User Centered Research and Design | Code4Kenya Blog

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 06:03:08 +0000

[...] of sitting in our own cocoons within the iHub or in our bedrooms and developing for an imagined need and customer base. So, before you decide to make that next ‘amazing’ app that does wonders, [...]

By: Living in Cocoons: Understanding User Centered Research and Design | InnovationAfrica

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 21:36:38 +0000

By: Living in Cocoons: Understanding User Centered Research and Design | *iHub_

Living in Cocoons: Understanding User Centered Research and Design | *iHub_ — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 17:48:37 +0000

By: 88mph to Invest $200k in Mobile/Web markets | InnovationAfrica

88mph to Invest $200k in Mobile/Web markets | InnovationAfrica — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:30:26 +0000

[...] industry makes this accelerator attractive to any tech entrepreneurs who are looking to solve real challenges. “We believe there is an outstanding opportunity for commercial mobile/web companies in this [...]

By: Lillian Nduati

Lillian Nduati — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 07:02:15 +0000

Kevin, while no formal program exists yet, we encourage students to take the initiative to come and get involved with the tech community at iHub, which is a good way of getting practical advice from those already in the industry, as well as get a chance to participate in some of the activities here.

By: Lillian Nduati

Lillian Nduati — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 07:00:33 +0000

Steve, indeed there is a need to challenge the developers in the country some more.

By: iHub Admin

iHub Admin — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 06:55:30 +0000

That’s true Eric.

By: eric

eric — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 03:20:53 +0000

You nailed it!.
As developers we need to create solutions that are creating efficiency, solving a problem and cutting cost.

By: Lazro

Lazro — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:02:34 +0000

We said. Most devs are ‘competition’ oriented. Lets change this n take our country to the next level..

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:02:50 +0000

Well written and Well thought of..I believe the biggest problem that we have in Kenya is the sudden emergence of the Cntrl+C and Cntrl+V programmers.People who never take time to think outside their comfort zone..

Glad you wrote about this..

By: 88mph to Invest $200k in Mobile/Web markets | *iHub_

88mph to Invest $200k in Mobile/Web markets | *iHub_ — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:44:20 +0000

[...] The combination of a large market, young population and opportunities within the mobile/web industry makes this accelerator attractive to any tech entrepreneurs who are looking to solve real challenges. [...]

By: kevin ombaso

kevin ombaso — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:17:26 +0000

have u guys have any program to bring the program to local unversity colleges

By: Ben Wachira

Ben Wachira — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:07:01 +0000

Sometimes developers follow where the money is, and right now the money is in the competitions described above. The reason for this mainly is to get capital easily. This is all good but its not sustainable. It is time as developers we started looking at other options as described in this article.

By: Joseph Kaizzi

Joseph Kaizzi — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:40:41 +0000

Well written article! Its time to Resurrect crimex. WinSenga is indeed a winner!

By: Innovation Africa;The Mobile Applications Bubble – will it pop?

Innovation Africa;The Mobile Applications Bubble – will it pop? — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:20:41 +0000

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By: jacktheduck

jacktheduck — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:07:52 +0000

I trust that the Internet allows developers to export solutions. I believe this is what most skilled developers in Kenya are or should be doing. Building apps for a confused government and corrupt society is not a very attractive prospect.

You should look at the entire situational context before passing misinformed judgment on people trying to escape bureaucracy, corruption, crony-ism and nepotism.

Nevertheless I admire your efforts to champion for local solutions to local problems, perhaps your energies are better spent addressing those who have seen it fit to block all channels to address these problems that you have been so kind to identify.

Until then expect the status quo to remain put!

By: mel

mel — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 08:35:09 +0000

This is true. And it’s been said before many times in different ways: research a problem and then build an app that fixes it instead of building an app then looking for a context to fit it into.

By: Huston

Huston — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 08:17:41 +0000

Well written, and very true. Without a vision, the people (in this case, developers)
perish.